Authors who were born or died on this day, ranked by Wikimedia sitelinks.
American rapper and actor
American actress
French musician, singer and actor (1943–2017)
American actor and comedian (1949–2000)
American actor (born 1973)
American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist
American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)
Italian actor (1920–2003)
Greek singer (1946–2015)
American analytical chemist (1917–2010)
American actor
Japanese writer (1763-1828)
Norwegian singer and songwriter
Italian comic book creator (1927-1995)
American country musician (1937–2002)
American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)
Swedish actor, film director and author (1923-2012)
Australian sprinter (1942-2006)
American actress (born 1970)
Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian
Belarusian sprinter
British actor
American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)
American actress
American actor
German composer and musician
French actress
British vicar and author (1911–1997)
American actor and model
American actress
British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy novels (1939–2011)
Romanian-American cartoonist (1914-1999)
American actor and comedian (1884–1944)
Filipina politician, lawyer, and author (1945–2016)
American gymnast
English musician and actor, songwriter
Turkish poet and writer (1925–2005)
German composer, organist, teacher and music theorist (1747–1814)
American composer, arranger (1894-1981)
Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)
American comic book and commercial artist (1941–2022)
English-born American conductor and composer (1910–1990)
British politician (1645-1712)
actress, director, writer, and producer (born 1955)
American singer
American musician (1922-1999)
British actor (1907–1975)
American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)
South Korean singer
Russian and Ukrainian broadcaster
Swedish writer; survivor of the Holocaust
Australian actress
British satirist, writer, director, actor, voice actor and producer
Scottish footballer (born 1959)
British drummer (1938–2023)
Québécois notary, poet, civil servant and liberal (1809-1866)
English politician, soldier and explorer (1542-1591)
Argentine musician (1916–2016)
American composer (1900–1996)
Dutch politician (1623-1672)
Australian singer
American actor (1917-1996)
Danish ballet dancer (1915-2018)
Mexican poet (1888–1921)
French mathematician and theologian
American lyricist, composer, and screenwriter (1913-1988)
German philosopher (1900–1984)
author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830
American comic artist (1927–1993)
English poet and dramatist (1605–1635)
American poet (1920-1994)
Australian singer
Pakistani writer (1927–1978)
Greek-American singer
American musician (born 1954)
racing driver
British cellist
Canadian writer
Venezuelan actress (1963-2012)
Indian classical vocalist
Soviet and Russian actress, drama teacher (1920—2008)
Estonian architect and tennis player (1901-1963)
actress, singer, television host
Serbian caricaturist
English broadcaster; BBC News reader from 1954 to 1982
Greek composer and singer (1917–2005)
Amercan cartoonist (1914–2006)
American comedy writer
American editor
Choreographer, television personality
American photographer (1947–1984)
American singer
American writer and educator (1930-2013)
actress
filmmaker, comedian, graphic novelist, and transgender activist
American novelist
political activist, businessman
British journalist and writer (1937-1996)
American designer (1916–1989)
British priest, philosopher
singer
American artist (1951-2010)
English composer (1937–2023)
Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)
British actress and politician (1936–2023)
German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker (1880–1938)
Italian director and politician (1923-2019)
Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor
American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)
Canadian-American actor (1911–2003)
Greek composer, pianist and conductor (1925-1994)
Dutch painter (1795-1858)
French composer
Korean army general and martial artist (1918–2002)
Scottish poet (1777-1844)
French film actress (1918-2005)
British mystic, poet, and novelist (1875–1941)
Catholic cardinal (1442-1521)
French composer (1857-1934)
American composer, conductor, musical arranger, flautist, bandleader and playwright (1902-1984)
French writer (1907–2000)
Irish actor (1926-1989)
French actor, businessman and executive (1927-2014)
Turkish journalist and writer (1899–1961)
French comedian (1922-2006)
Scottish soldier, writer and politician (1911-1996)
US tennis player (1935–2012)
Australian artist (1939-1992)
Croatian violinist (1862-1881)
American television animator and writer (1940-1992)
Australian filmmaker (1945–2013)